The standard text is Frank Gill's /Ornithology/, which has a new edition
out in the last couple years (meaning you can either use the new
edition, with updated info, or get the old edition for relatively
cheap). It is a thorough survey of most aspects of bird biology, though
there's little in it about identification. I think it's pretty darn
good. It's used in the U of M's undergrad ornithology class.
Matt Dufort
Minneapolis
dan&erika wrote:
Rick--
I used Thayer Birding Software's Birds of North America DVD when I taught.
It has a textbook of sorts embedded in it. The textbook is OK, but not well
illustrated. On the other hand, the DVD is full of wonderful photographs,
bird calls and range maps. I used the quiz module to build quizzes of the
birds seen each semester by my students. Every week we reviewed the birds
on the quiz, and the students wondered why they did so well in my class!
(Studying will do it for you every time...) (Furthermore, using computer
technology resulted in my Dean thinking I was wonderful by using technology
in the classroom.) The DVD comes in a Mac and a PC version.
You are welcome to use my ornithology class--there is a link on my website
at http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com . You can use it either for
personal inspiration or for your class. If you wanted your students to
produce illustrations or photos for my web course, that would be wonderful.
I have always meant to get around to producing, for example, graphs in the
island biogeography and also in the extinction lectures.
have fun...
dan tallman
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
You might have a look at "Manual of Ornithology, Avian Structure and
Function" Noble S. Proctor and Patrick J. Lynch Yale University Press, 1993
ISBN 0-300-05746-6 (cloth)
ISBN 0-300-07619-3 (pbk)
I do not know of any really good small textbooks. The above book is
really good and is basically lab oriented but, covers a great deal and has
very good illustrations.
On 5/28/2010 8:50 AM, Milton Blomberg wrote:
Wondering, and since I have the opportunity to teach a High School
Ornithology class next year as an advanced Science elective, any suggestions
for a nice, compact, illustrated, even lab oriented textbook? Aside from
using a field guide as a primary text? Syallbus topics to include anatomy,
taxonomy, migration behavior, field biology, etc., and of course
identification. mjb
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